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•Christian Science Chaplains.
Mr. Daniels, Secretary of the „UE- Navy, has" appointed Mr. Richard J. Davis, of Boston, a Christian Scientist; a chaplain is the navy. Mr. Davis has been commissioned with the rank of è lieutenant, junior grade, and has been assigned for duty, tem- porarily, at the Boston navy yard, Es in the first Christian Scientist to be appointed chaplain in the navy, two having been appointed, in the army.
Reformatory Fire."
·Jeffersonville, Ind., February -6.-Five of the thirteen buildings in the group cemprising the La- diana State Reformatory were destroyed by fire bere early to day, entsiling an estimated. Ioes of $250,000. Twelve hundred sad sighty-five prisoners, in cell | houses" and dormitories were marshalled in orderly array and assembled in the quadrangle, s walled enclosure,where "retrest” is sounded esan evening after the military fashion. At the word of command they quietly merched to the institutional school bail. ding, 200 yards away from the fire, where they were placed under guard. None tried to escape.
Catholic Father's Death.
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The Kobe Herald regrets-to announce the death of the Bav. Albert Charles Pelu, of the Roman Catholic Mission in Kinaba, who passed away at the residence of the Bishop of Nagasaki. Father Pela was a missionary of the Paris Society of Foreign Missions and spent his entire missionary career in Japan, Arriving in this country in 1872 he WEA first stationed Niigata, afterwards residing at Tokyo and Osaka. In 1881 "he came to Urskami, Nagasaki Kas,, and remained there until 1867, when he was transferred to the Goto Islanda where he laboured incessantly for thirty years and where he leaves 15,800 members of the Ühurch. A month ago, overcome by sickness, Father Pela went to Nagasaki for medical treatment and rest, hop- fog to regain strength sufficiently to resume his missionary laboure in the Goto Llande. He was in his.eeventieth year.
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Proposals which would revolz. S.mael Hitchcock, United ticaise the industries of the conn- Siates-commissioner, held-Hymnotry-are-contained in the report of Lubareky, otherwise known sa the Coal Conservation Sat-Come Barold Barr, a young Russian, to mittee on the supply of electrical await the action of the Federal power. The main reforme advocat grand jary, after a hearing in ed are as follows:-
-cob as proposed would save 55,- 000,000 tons of this, or about £27,000,000 a year. It is calculst- ed that with the eaving of by. products now wasted by the burn. ing of coal in open grates and boiler furnacesa national economy of £100,000,000 a year would be
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· EROVNO JHAIN Experience. Formerly of Tokyo Miliary Hospital, WILL VISIT PATIENTS' RESIDENCES ARE PREFERRED,
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New York recently. Lubareky The construction of 18 "super- was arrested by Herbert H. Ram-power stations" in different parts eey, chief yeoman, in the Naval of the country. Intelligence Service, on the charge The supersession (with ad- of violating the Espionage act by gaste ocmpensation of the 600. It has been settled conclusively, taking two blueprints from Char- or no small undertakings at the committee hold, that the most Ies Cory & Bone, makers of present in existeroe.
economics! meane of applying marize telegraphic apparatua, at The atilisation of by-products power to industry is the electric 290 Badeon Street, The concern is at each of the big statione, motor. Ninety-five per cent. of the working on a Government con- National control of the whole manision factories established treot, and, according to the com- undertaking by a National Board since the war are fosquipped. The plaint, the blueprints were of of Electricity Commissioners.
industrial problem is not the application of portant
districte connected electrical system. The Engrat devices for use in combat- Lord Haldane, Chairman of the the electric power, but its gen-machines of 50,000 brree-power price paid is less than 1. per ing sabmarines. The blueprints Sub-Committee, strongly recom-eration:
are advocated.
unit (in Lancashire, where condi were fically recovered. at mends that sction should be taken The avers ge generating
The stations should be outside tions for amalgamation would be Lubareky's home, 34, Powell without delay. Dr. Addison, capacity of the existing 600 towns on eites with ample coal even more favourable, the price Street, Eat New York. At the Minister of Reconstruction, to undertakinge is only 5,000 horse and water transport facilities varies from 1d. to 2d. or more), hearing, Charles Cory, head of whom the report was presented, power, or about one-fourth the By-products would be extracted and the use of power per head of the firm, testified that the states that the proposals, in view capacity of a single generating from the coal before it is used, the population is thres times as blueprints which Labirsky took of the important issues raised, machine of economical size, and and varions electro-chemical progress as in Lanosebire. The Tyne from the place, where he was will be explored by the Govern- about our thirtieth of that of a carnes could be carried on near shipyards have adopted electricity employed as a sleek, were Goment before Parliament is asked power station of economical size, by. Subsidiary generating plant to the closion of all other forma vernment papere which had been to take any action on the subject. The generating machines pro would deal with earpias Ras or of power electric traction entrusted by the Navy Depar¢« The primary object of the pored in the new roheme are to waste best, and the electricity eo farishes, new industries have ment to the cancern in scordance cabeme is to economise our coal be of not less than 20,000 hores produced would be fed into the brea attracted to the district and with a contract to make secret supplies. The amount of coal power each, and they will feed main trunk system.
eleven "waste best stations" have devicea for mee against sub- used in the United Kingdom for consumers in all parts of the The committee, foresee, se s been established since 1905 by marices. Labareky's bond was the production of power is 80, country by means of a system of result of a calional system of which electric power is produced fired at $5,000.
000,000 tons. A national echems main trank lines. For more im electric power supply, a great as a by-product of two of the
increase of the use of electricity largest local industries he mak for all purposes, with many ad- ing of pig iron and coke. vantageous results. Factory The committes regret that the chimneys would gradually dissabj of is complicated and ham. Hongkong, 28th February, 1918. NOT sppear. Railways would be pered by the necessity of asing electrified, even for the banlage existing plant to the best advan- of goods trains. Smoke would tage. They urge, however, that disappear from towns and cool it should not be farther hampered waggons need ran no farther than by the mistaken policy of the past, the electric power statione. Eleo. except in so far as justice requires WE have been appointed by trie light would be cheap enough that fair compensation should be Messrs. Jenson & Nichol- for the poorest, sad there would paid for, existing rights. The son Limited of London to be
their Sole Agents in Hongkong 19174 be a large increase in the use of subject they add. is essentially South China, and the Philippine The SHARE REGISTER and electric beat and power for house one with the problem of the Islands, for the sale of their TRANSFER BOOKS will be fold purposes.
industrial development of the varnishes, Enamels, Paints Col- closed from the 16th, to the 25th, Ia proof that their recommend country
46 So ours and all kindred lines manu- 1 inst., both daya inclusive, stions are on the right lines, the The committee are in favour of factured by them,
By Order of 15 committes point to the example the new stations, being built by THE HONGKONG. MERCANTILE
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